Senica Gerard Parker v. State of Alabama

── Senica Gerard Parker v. State of Alabama ── Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama Date: May 01, 2026 Author: Cole Category: General Rel: May 1, 2026 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229-0650), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published in Southern Reporter. Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals OCTOBER TERM, 2025-2026 _________________________ CR-2025-0788 _________________________ Senica Gerard Parker v. State of Alabama Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court (CC-23-1758.70) COLE, Judge. Senica Gerard Parker appeals the Mobile Circuit Court's order revoking his probation based on his commission of various new offenses. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm. CR-2025-0788 Facts and Procedural History On November 1, 2023, Parker pleaded guilty to first-degree receiving stolen property, a violation of § 13A-8-17, Ala. Code 1975. Parker was sentenced, in accordance with a negotiated plea agreement, to 10 years' imprisonment, which was "split to the time" Parker had already served, and Parker was ordered to serve 3 years' probation.1 (Supp. R. 13.) No issues were preserved or reserved for appeal from Parker's guilty-plea conviction. (Supp. R. 10.) On April 4, 2025, Parker's probation officer filed a delinquency report with the circuit court, alleging that Parker had violated the conditions of his probation. Specifically, Parker had been arrested and charged with various new offenses -- driving under the combined influence of alcohol and a controlled substance, a violation of § 32-5A- 191(a)(4), Ala. Code 1975; felony attempting to elude, a violation of § 13A- 1Although Parker had 10 prior felony convictions and was on probation at the time he committed the offense of first-degree receiving stolen property for which he pleaded guilty, the State did not present any aggravating circumstances. (Supp. R. 6-7.) Likewise, Parker did not assert any mitigating circumstances. (Supp. R. 7-8.) In addition, after Parker pleaded guilty and was sentenced, the circuit court granted the State's motion to nolle pros a charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), a violation of § 13A-12-212, Ala. Code 1975. (2nd Supp. C. 14, 58; Supp. R. 16.) 2 CR-2025-0788 10-52, Ala. Code 1975; and first-degree theft of property, a violation of § 13A-8-3, Ala. Code 1975. The circuit court held a revocation hearing. At the revocation hearing, Officer Jeffery Jones, with the Daphne Police Department, testified that he encountered Parker on January 26, 2025. Off. Jones had just responded to a "report of a stolen vehicle" when he encountered the reported stolen vehicle and attempted to make a traffic stop. (R. 5-8.) Off. Jones explained that Parker "accelerated" when he first turned on his lights and sirens and that Parker drove nearly "70 miles an hour in a 35 and 45-mile-an-hour zone." (R. 8.) Parker drove "[a] few miles" before being pulled over. The driver, later identified as Parker, "eventually came to a stop" and Off. Jones suspected that Parker was "under the influence of multiple controlled substances." (R. 6-7.) Off. Jones testified that a "blood draw" was subsequently performed and Parker's blood-test results showed that he had multiple controlled substances in his system, including cocaine and methamphetamine. Off. Jones further stated that Parker was "sluggish, nodding off," that his "speech was slurred," and